Theresa May sparks Tory civil war over Kemi Badenoch's net zero pledge

Theresa May sparks Tory civil war over Kemi Badenoch's net zero pledge

Theresa May took a Labour pledge further by promising to hit net zero by 2050.

Has the wind shifted on Net Zero?

Play Video Once upon a time the promise of Net Zero enjoyed such universal support that a Tory government signed the UK’s Net Zero pledge into law. Today, the Tories say they’d scrap it – while alarm bells are ringing as the costs of the policy become clearer. In June 2019, Prime Minister Theresa May passed a law – with near unanimous parliamentary backing and pretty much no debate – committing the UK to achieve Net Zero by 2050.  She hailed the…